Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery

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Abstract
IN its usual form untreated congenital origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery leads to neonatal angina, infarction, congestive heart failure and death as originally described by Bland, White and Garland1 in 1933. The purpose of this report is to illustrate an example of this condition in an unusually large and active adult who underwent successful surgical correction.Case ReportAlthough this 18-year-old star basketball player had a congenital heart murmur, he was well until the age of 17. He then became increasingly dyspneic while playing basketball and required the administration of oxygen at "halftime." Shortly before . . .